1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; requiring commissioner of transportation to implement 
1.3 	trunk highway performance measures and annual targets; requiring a report;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.03, subdivision 12.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.03, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 12.Asset management Trunk highway performance, resiliency, and 
1.8 	sustainability required. (a) The commissioner must maintain implement performance 
1.9 	measures and annual targets for the trunk highway system in order to construct resilient 
1.10 	infrastructure, enhance the project selection for all transportation modes, improve economic 
1.11 	security, and achieve the state transportation goals established in section 174.01.
1.12 	(b) At a minimum, the transportation planning process must include:
1.13 	(1) an inventory of transportation assets, including but not limited to bridge, pavement, 
1.14 	geotechnical, pedestrian, bicycle, and transit asset categories.;
1.15 	(2) lead (predictive) and lag (resulting) performance measures and annual performance 
1.16 	targets for assets in each category identified in collaboration with the public and to be 
1.17 	achieved by each district of the department;
1.18 	(3) gap identification and an explanation of the difference between performance targets 
1.19 	and current status; and
1.20 	(4) life cycle assessment and corridor risk assessment as part of asset management 
1.21 	programs in each district of the department.
2.1 	(c) At a minimum, annual investment plans for all asset categories in each district of the 
2.2 	department must:
2.3 	(1) be based on funding expected during each of the next ten years;
2.4 	(2) be environmentally and economically sustainable based on best value assessment of 
2.5 	material and energy inputs during a period of not less than 60 years;
2.6 	(3) recommend specific trunk highway segments to be removed from the trunk highway 
2.7 	system; and
2.8 	(4) deliver progress annually toward achieving the state transportation goals established 
2.9 	in section 174.01.
2.10 	(d) Annually by December 15, the commissioner must report trunk highway performance 
2.11 	measures and annual targets and identify gaps, including information detailing the 
2.12 	department's progress on achieving the state transportation goals, to the chairs and ranking 
2.13 	minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over transportation 
2.14 	policy and finance. The report must be signed by a professional engineer licensed in 
2.15 	Minnesota.

2.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2021. The initial performance 
2.17 	implementation report under this section is due December 15, 2022.